Category Archives: Psychology
Rational v. Irrational Attitudes
We are not all rational, some of us are of course irrational, it all depends on our attitude… I came across a post by Stowe Boyd who was talking about something written by Suw Charman. In essence, the posts seemed … Continue reading
New Thinking in Psychology and Psychometrics – Disattenuating Correlations and Validity
Continuing some of the themes picked up by Paul Barrett in his piece on Validity and Utility in I/O Psychology, he questions the use of disattenuating correlations and the impact this has on validity and practice. In essence, a disattenuated … Continue reading
New Thinking in Psychology and Psychometrics – Part 1
I recently made mention of Paul Barrett’s critique of the current state of psychology and psychometrics, especially with regards to business, industry and organisation. Paul has written an extensive piece which in essence seeks to offer a sample of several … Continue reading
Relationships and Personality Testing
Over at George’s Employment Blawg, George Lenard draws our attention to various personality tests and different takes on them. For newer readers of this Blawg who may have missed it, we’ve previously posted some fairly detailed (and in my case … Continue reading
4G Research – Validity and Reliability
For those people interested in the statistics and research behind psychometrics in general and 4G in particular, we’ve just added a new page to the site with a summary of the reliability and validity of 4G. This is only a … Continue reading
Character traits and their use
There is always lots of talk of competencies, traits and the links to performance. I think there are basically two ways to cut this cake. The first, as implied by Rebecca Thomas and Curt Rosengren, looks at the use of … Continue reading
Emotions Mapped by New Geography
Bruce Hoppe caught my eye with a rather fetching historical article on Psychological Geography! I’ve included the picture below and you can find the original here. The original is from the New York Times, 3rd April, 1933. Whatever happened to … Continue reading
Working With Pay Pals – Relationships versus Rewards?
I read a quick review of “Working With Pay Pals” on the HBS Working Knowledge site. While the message isn’t exactly earth shattering, the value people place on their relationships in comparison to their pay was refreshing. “The things that … Continue reading
You can predict relationship potential
Yes, I believe that you can predict relationships and relationship potential! While I would say that, given that it is a major part of what we do at Four Groups, I was interested to read an interview between Stowe Boyd … Continue reading
Innovation Strategy and People
The ability to connect innovation, or the lack of it, directly to people within an organisation is key to ensuring that such innovation is delivered. While lots of people (Dave Pollard and Mark Madsen for example) are looking at disruptive … Continue reading
